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“I expect them to play for and win the gold medal.”U-M water polo coach Matt Anderson predicts victory for the U.S. women in the Summer Olympics in London, where water polo competition starts July 30. “We...

While there’s plenty of hard work going into the repairs of Dexter Rd., there is some play too. The portable toilet at the corner of Dexter and Doty was occupied by one worker recently when a co-worker, driving a huge CAT...

Q: What’s the deal with the four houses for sale on Main north of Summit? Only one has a driveway, so how do people get to and from them? Will they all be sold at once?A: When Italian immigrant Benedict DeFilippi bought...

8:30 a.m.: The online weather forecast calls for cumulus clouds, bases at 6,500 feet, visibility of twenty-five miles, light winds. Temperature in the morning will be 40 degrees with a high of 75. It’s a perfect day to...

My mother realized her wedding band was missing when she opened her wallet to pay for dinner. She, my sister, and I had spent the entire day at the Art Fair, but as evening arrived and we needed to make a dining choice–to...

“It was freshman year in U.S. history that I got really interested in World War II,” says Dexter High sophomore Andrew Kapanowski. “I thought, ‘Wow!’ … some of these guys are still alive! Why...

After a nearly thirty-year hiatus, the city’s black precision drill team, the French Dukes, is back for at least two scheduled performances this summer at picnics sponsored by organizations associated the city’s...

“Developers seek asylum at local church.”If the headline in the News of Ann Arbor website was eye-catching, the lead was eye-popping: “After narrowly escaping a pitchfork-wielding mob yelling ‘We just...

On a rainy Saturday morning, Anne Reinstein’s students arrive at the back door of her home on a quiet cul-de-sac on Ann Arbor’s east side. In her cozy sunroom, four sewing machines await their users. Reinstein,...

“It’s the Parkway Center, home to Castle Remedies and various medical and health-related businesses,” writes Elizabeth Woodford about June’s feature. “Better known as the big purple house(s) that...

Sometimes even the Fake Ad Czar makes mistakes (pause for gasp). The winner of our little contest in May was Karen Fournier. Somehow, in all the excitement over our new policy of including the previous winner’s name in the...